Rag doll



F. BARNARD.

RAG DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, 1920.

1,399,84@ Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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RAG DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1920. 1,899,840, y Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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FRANK Bertiviian, or Louisvitrin, KENTUCKY.

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Specification of reagierten. Patenti-ia nee. i3, 192i'.

Application filed November 29, 1920. Serial No. 427,017.'

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, F RANK BARNARD, a citizen oi the United States of America, residing at Louisville, in the county of .leiterson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful limprovements in Rag f Dolls, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to dolls and has special reference to a doll of the kind Vknown as rag dolls.- l

Rag dolls, as commonly constructed, have had their heads formed with the features, such as the nose, ears and eyes simply printed, painted, stamped or drawn on a smoothly rounded surface with consequent failure to produce a life like'simulation. One important object of the present invention is to provide a construction offrag doll wherein the nose andv earsy will vbe formed in an improved'manner Vso that they will project from the main portion of the head.

A second important object of the invention is to produce a rag dollof improved construction wherein the eyes will be so constructed as to give a proper.y simulation of the rounded eyeball with thewhite of vthe eye possessing the'natural sheen. Y With the above and other objects in view, as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general oit certain novell details 'of construction and combinations oi1 parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifi- In the accompanying' drawings like. characters of reference indicate like parts` in the several views, and

doll.

Fig. 2 is a view of the strip of fabric from which the front of the head and trunk is made. Y 'K v Fig. 8 isa view of the strip of fabric from which one-half oi the back is made. v

Fig. 4 is a view showing one side piece of the nose.

Fig. 5 is a view showing the bottom piece of the nose.

Fig. 6 is a view of the iace showing one step in the operation of forming the dolls head.

Fig. 7 is a view showing the doll completed with the exception of the head skin `and wig.

Figure 1 is a front view of .the completed' Figff is an enlarged section onthe'line Y 8 8 ofFig. 7. i Fig. 9-is a section similartoFig. 8'showing the stocking material, used Vto simulate position.

1y "Fig l10 is a half arm piece reduced vin sizexd'" Y Fig. 11 is a'half leg-piece lalso reduced.-

12 showsl an earpiece. Y

Referring now to Fig. 2 it will'be seen that the fabric forming the front of the head and hody'ofv the doll is, in outline, similar to the trunk and head of a person skin, stretched over the head and sewed in and that the trunk is detined from the head by a constricted neckportion.

in the figure the head portion is indicated ik in general at 10, the trunk or body at 11 and the neck at-12. Extending down lthe middle of the head is a vertical slot 13 corresponding inposition to thefnose and at 2 each side ofthis* slot-'adjacent its upper end is a transverse slot 14, these latter corresponding in position to the eyes. On each side of theyhead 10 are notchesl correspending in position to the ears. Below" the nose slot 13 is a neck slot 16 and notches 17 are formed at various .points on thevperiphery of the `piece-in order to forinj guides for 'positioning the other 'fabric strips or pieces as will be explained below.

f The back is formed by two similar pieces piece 'being of the 'saine sizel and' shapebut reversed so that the left side'v of oneVV piece is .one 'of which is shown in Fig. 3, `the other the right side ofthe other.` Each of these l piecesr is, like the iront, formed with portions forming a head 18, body yor trunk `19V while notches ,2d-"along the dorsal. axis 25 f correspond to similar `notches in the other back piece so that the two can be properly positioned.

The nose is formed oil three pieces, there being right and left hand pieces 26 andA a bottom piece 27. The, edgev 28 of one of these pieces is sewedl to the similar edge of the other and the edges 29 of the piece 27 arev sewed to respective edges 30 of the pieces 31. l rlhe first step in the construction of the kdoll consists in sewing the front and back pieces together around their peripheries, pairsof the earpieces 32 (Fig. 12') being in'-v serted in the positions indicated by the notches 15 and 22 in such manner that, when cotton 33, it being noted that theslots 16 and 21 are sewed up so as to aid infconstricting the form of the doll at vthe neck. The ears, having been stuffed, are closed by peripheral stitching as at 34. The leg pieces 35 and arm pieces 36 are then sewed together in proper pairs, turned inside out, stuffed andattached to the body. The nose is sewed in position and kstuffed through the opening 13 before the body is turned inside out so that the stuffing yof the body assists in holding the nose stuing in place.

Over the face is placed a mask 37 having an opening 38 through which the nose passes and before this mask is applied there is sewn thereto lenticular sheets 39 of Celluloid, glazed cardboard or the like located in the position ofthe eyes to form the whites thereof. Each of these eye pieces has sewed to its center a button of jet or the like to imitate the pupil of the eye. By reason of the openings 14 some of the stufiing escapes beneath these eye pieces and causes them to bulge centrally th-us simulating the spherical form of the eyeball. c

VOver the head portion of the doll thus formed is stretched a piece of knit goods 41 such'as, a stocking leg and a line of stitching 42 is made through the base of the nose and other lines 43 through the bases of the ears so as to deine these parts clearly from the rest of the head.y This skin covering thus formed is provided with eye openings 44 smaller fthan the pieces 39 and whipped around the edgesto prevent unraveling. The top of the skin covering is then drawn together and a suitable .wig 45 secured to the top of the head. Clothing 46 is finally put -on the doll thus completing the device.

Y The doll thus' produced has features better "simulating the natural features than those\produced in the ordinary way.

, Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a rag doll, a head having a foundation of stuffed fabric, said fabricjbeing slit This part of the doll isv now turned inside out and stuffed as with in the position of the nose to allow the stuifing to protrude therethrough, and a nose lshaped pocket having van open side and atlsaid eye slits to form the whites of the dolls eyes, the stuffing of said head projecting through the eye slits to bulge the center of the strips.

3. In a rag doll, a head having a foundation of stuffed fabric, features attached to and projecting from the foundation, and an elastic covering extending tightly over said head foundation and stitched around the bases of the 'projecting features.

4. In a .rag doll, a head having a foundation of stuffed fabric, said fabric being slit in the position of the nose to allow the stuifing to protrude therethrough, a nose shaped pocket yhaving an open side and attached to' the head foundation with the open side in-V ward whereby to permit passage of the head stuffing into the nose, and an elastic covering extending tightly over said head foundation and Stitched around the base of the pro'- jecting nose. Y

5. In a rag doll, a head having a foundation of stuffed fabric, pairs of ear 'pieces attached to the sides of said head foundation and stitched peripherally to provide pockets, stuffing in said pockets, and an elasticl covering extending tightly over said head foundation and stitched around the bases of .theV projecting ears.

6.A In a rag doll, a head havinga foundation'of stuffed fabric, said fabric having slits therein corresponding in position to the eyes, a mask piece covering the face 'of the head and imperforate over the eye slits, `amd strips of glazed material secured to said L mask over said eyerslits to form the whites v'of the dolls eyes, the stuiiing of'said head 

